Lights stolen from a Christmas decorating business in Speke were discovered in Widnes.

Christmas trees and lights were stolen from The Christmas Decorators premises in Sprint Way, Speke, on October 17.

But earlier this week staff at Silva Timber on Widnes Industrial Estate found almost £5,000 worth of Christmas lights in the car park.

Emma Harmer, from the firm, said: “We immediately called the police who sent someone over to have a look at the goods and informed us it was part of a shipment stolen from a local warehouse.

“Aware that the product was high value, weather sensitive and at risk of the thieves coming back for them, our team moved all the goods by hand into our unit for safe storage.”

After a visit from the police forensics department the firm handed the lights back to the Christmas firm .

As a thank you for returning the lights, staff at The Christmas Decorators donated a Christmas tree for the company to use in their showroom.

Silva Timber operations director Stephen Roberts said: “It’s unfortunate that in this day and age most of us know the pain and inconvenience of having something stolen, I am delighted that Silva Timber were able to help another local company recover some of their stolen goods.”

Anyone with information about the burglary should call Liverpool CID on 0151 777 4065 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.